Epistolarum Familiarium Liber Unus in The Complete Works of John Milton: Volume XI (672pp.)

This edition of Milton’s Epistolarum Familiarium Liber Unus and of his Uncollected Letters, will appear as 672 pp. of The Complete Works of John Milton Volume XI, eds. Gordon Campbell and Edward Jones (Oxford University Press, forthcoming 2016). A diplomatic Latin text and a new facing English translation are complemented by a detailed Introduction and commentary that situate Milton’s Latin letters in relation to the classical, pedagogical and essentially humanist contexts at the heart of their composition. Now the art of epistolography advocated and exemplified by Cicero and Quintilian and embraced by Renaissance pedagogical manuals is read through a humanist filter whereby, via the precedent (and very title) of Epistolae Familiares, the Miltonic Liber is shown to engage with a neo-Latin re-invention of the classical epistola that had come to birth in quattrocento Italy in the letters of Petrarch and his contemporaries. At the same time the Epistolae are seen as offering fresh insight into Milton’s views on education, philology, his relations with Italian literati, his blindness, the poetic dimension of his Latin prose, and especially his verbal ingenuity as the ‘words’ of Latin ‘Letters’ become a self-conscious showcasing of etymological punning on the ‘letters’ of Latin ‘words’. The edition also announces several new discoveries, most notably its uncovering and collation of a manuscript of Henry Oldenburg’s transcription (in his Liber Epistolaris held in Royal Society, London) of Milton’s Ep. Fam. 25 (to Richard Jones). Oldenburg’s transcription (from the original sent to his pupil Jones) is an important find, given the loss of all but two of the manuscripts of Milton’s original Latin letters included in the 1674 volume. The edition also presents new evidence in regard to Milton’s relationships with the Italian philologist Benedetto Buonmattei, the Greek humanist Leonard Philaras, the radical pastor Jean Labadie (and the French church of London), and the elusive Peter Heimbach.

The complete poetical works of John Milton.

Mode of access: Internet.

The Poetical works of John Milton : to which is prefixed the life of the author.

La h. de lám. es un retr. del autor.

An introduction to the prose and poetical works of John Milton;

Mode of access: Internet.

The poetical works of John Milton /

v.I. Minor poems. -- v.II. Paradise lost, Paradise regained, Samson Agonistes. -- v.III. General essay on Milton's English and versification and notes to the poems.

The works of John Milton, in verse and prose, printed from the original editions with a life of the author

Poetical works, v. 1-2; Prose works, v. 3-8.

The poetical works of John Milton, with notes of various authors. To which are added illustrations, and some account of the life and writings of Milton,

Includes bibliographical references.

The poetical works of John Milton : from the text of Doctor Newton with the life of the author.

Mode of access: Internet.

A complete collection of the historical, political, and miscellaneous works of John Milton; correctly printed from the original editions. With an historical and critical account of the life and writings of the author; containing several original papers of his, never before published ...

The life of Milton is by Thomas Birch.

Remarks on the character and writings of John Milton; occasioned by the publication of his lately discovered Treatise on Christian doctrine.

Mode of access: Internet.

John Milton: his life and times, religious and political opinions: with an appendix, containing animadversions upon Dr. Johnson's life of Milton, etc., etc.

Mode of access: Internet.

John Milton's last thoughts on the Trinity : extracted from his posthumous work entitled "A treatise on Christian doctrine compiled from the Holy Scriptures alone," lately published by royal command.

No.1 in a vol. with binder's title: Unitaires, anglais et américains.

The poetical works of John Milton.

Plates are engravings from the work of J.M.W. Turner, R.A.

The poetical works of John Milton : with the life of the author.

Shaw & Shoemaker

The poetical works of John Milton.

Corrigenda: v.1, p. cxxxiv.